The Visitor Center and Upper Midwest Indian Cultural Center is open daily at 8am. From May 30th through Labor Day, it closes at 6pm Mon.-Fri. and 7pm Sat. and Sun. Labor Day 2004, the Visitor Center and Upper Midwest Indian Cultural Center will be open until 7pm. Other times of year, it closes at 5pm.

Administrative Office hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm daily.

All facilities closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Local Partners & Information Resources

City of Pipestone

Pipestone County Museum

Split Rock Creek State Park

Blue Mounds State Park

Jeffers Petroglyphs

Getting There

Plane
Commercial service is located in Sioux Falls, SD, approximately 50 miles from the monument. Car rental is available at the airport. A small airport is operated in Pipestone, MN, however, no commercial service is available.

Car
The monument is easily accessible from the south by interstate highway I-90 to Minnesota 23 or US 75, from the west by interstate highway I-29 to South Dakota 34 and Minnesota 30 to US 75, from the north by US 75, and from the east by Minnesota 30 or 23 to US 75. From US 75, road signs will lead you to the monument.

Getting Around

For your safety and for the protection of sacred sites, please stay on paved trails. Travel is prohibited in quarries, on rock rubble piles, and on quartzite outcroppings.